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HOW TO READ BAR CODES...

ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY--NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK CAREFULLY!

With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read label at the supermarket and especially when buying food products. Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located. The whole world is concerned about China-made Black-Hearted Goods (BHG).

Can you differentiate which one is made in Canada, Philippines, Taiwan or China ? The world is also concerned about GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) foods; steroid fed animals (ex: 45 days old broiler chicken).

It is important to read the bar code to track its origin. Let's get to the point. How to read Bar Codes....interesting !

If the first 3 digits of the bar code are 690, 691, 692, 693, 694 or 695, the product is MADE IN CHINA. 471 is made in Taiwan.

If the first 3 digits of the bar code are 00-09 then it's made or sourced in USA.

DO NOT BUY FOOD PROCESSED IN China, Hong Kong, Vietnam AND Thailand!!! There are no food inspection regulations in these countries!!!

Have a taste for chicken tenders from 'Canada'? Woah. You better make sure. Even though the box says 'Product of Canada', it is from China and processed in Canada. The coating is added and packaged in Canada only! The fish are raised in pens using chemicals that are banned in Canada as cancer causing but legal in China. This was exposed on CBC TV's Marketplace.

Well, are you enjoying seeing Chinese food popping up in your supermarket left and right? Have you noticed you cannot buy a single pack of fish that is not made in China, Thailand or Vietnam?

This is our right to know, but the government and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves. Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA", so they don't show from which country it is made. However, you may now refer to these following barcodes:

Just...

BE EDUCATED!

and let others be.

ASSIGNED GS1 PREFIXES**

000 - 019

GS1 US

020 - 029

Restricted distribution (MO defined)

030 - 039

GS1 US

040 - 049

Restricted distribution (MO defined)

050 - 059

Coupons

060 - 139

GS1 US

200 - 299

Restricted distribution (MO defined)

300 - 379

GS1 France

380

GS1 Bulgaria

383

GS1 Slovenija

385

GS1 Croatia

387

GS1 BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

389

GS1 Montenegro

400 - 440

GS1 Germany

450 - 459 & 490 - 499

GS1 Japan

460 - 469

GS1 Russia

470

GS1 Kyrgyzstan

471

GS1 Taiwan

474

GS1 Estonia

475

GS1 Latvia

476

GS1 Azerbaijan

477

GS1 Lithuania

478

GS1 Uzbekistan

479

GS1 Sri Lanka

480

GS1 Philippines

481

GS1 Belarus

482

GS1 Ukraine

484

GS1 Moldova

485

GS1 Armenia

486

GS1 Georgia

487

GS1 Kazakstan

488

GS1 Tajikistan

489

GS1 Hong Kong

500 - 509

GS1 UK

520 - 521

GS1 Association Greece

528

GS1 Lebanon

529

GS1 Cyprus

530

GS1 Albania

531

GS1 MAC (FYR Macedonia)

535

GS1 Malta

539

GS1 Ireland

540 - 549

GS1 Belgium & Luxembourg

560

GS1 Portugal

569

GS1 Iceland

570 - 579

GS1 Denmark

590

GS1 Poland

594

GS1 Romania

599

GS1 Hungary

600 - 601

GS1 South Africa

603

GS1 Ghana

604

GS1 Senegal

608

GS1 Bahrain

609

GS1 Mauritius

611

GS1 Morocco

613

GS1 Algeria

615

GS1 Nigeria

616

GS1 Kenya

618

GS1 Ivory Coast

619

GS1 Tunisia

620

GS1 Tanzania

621

GS1 Syria

622

GS1 Egypt

623

GS1 Brunei

624

GS1 Libya

625

GS1 Jordan

626

GS1 Iran

627

GS1 Kuwait

628

GS1 Saudi Arabia

629

GS1 Emirates

640 - 649

GS1 Finland

690 - 699

GS1 China

700 - 709

GS1 Norway

729

GS1 Israel

730 - 739

GS1 Sweden

740

GS1 Guatemala

741

GS1 El Salvador

742

GS1 Honduras

743

GS1 Nicaragua

744

GS1 Costa Rica

745

GS1 Panama

746

GS1 Republica Dominicana

750

GS1 Mexico

754 - 755

GS1 Canada

759

GS1 Venezuela

760 - 769

GS1 Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

770 - 771

GS1 Colombia

773

GS1 Uruguay

775

GS1 Peru

777

GS1 Bolivia

778 - 779

GS1 Argentina

780

GS1 Chile

784

GS1 Paraguay

786

GS1 Ecuador

789 - 790

GS1 Brasil

800 - 839

GS1 Italy

840 - 849

GS1 Spain

850

GS1 Cuba

858

GS1 Slovakia

859

GS1 Czech

860

GS1 Serbia

865

GS1 Mongolia

867

GS1 North Korea

868 - 869

GS1 Turkey

870 - 879

GS1 Netherlands

880

GS1 South Korea

884

GS1 Cambodia

885

GS1 Thailand

888

GS1 Singapore

890

GS1 India

893

GS1 Vietnam

896

GS1 Pakistan

899

GS1 Indonesia

900 - 919

GS1 Austria

930 - 939

GS1 Australia

940 - 949

GS1 New Zealand

950

GS1 Global Office

951

GS1 Global Office (EPCglobal)

955

GS1 Malaysia

958

GS1 Macau

960-969

Global Office (GTIN-8s)

977

Serial publications (ISSN)

978 - 979

Bookland (ISBN)

980

Refund receipts

981 - 983

Common Currency Coupons

990 - 999

Coupons

Note: From the 960 prefix range, 9600 to 9609 have been assigned to GS1 UK for GTIN-8 allocations. Prefixes not listed above are used by GS1 Global Office for number allocations in non-member countries and reserved for future use.

**Prefix ListGS1 Prefixes do not provide identification of country of origin for a given product. They simply provide number capacity to different countries for assignment from that location to companies who apply. Those companies in turn may manufacture products anywhere in the world.

The management of the GS1 System is carried out locally by GS1 Member Organisations established in over 100 countries. GS1 Member Organisations use their assigned prefix to allocate GS1 Company Prefixes to their member companies to enable them to create GS1 Identification Keys.